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Date: Thu, 18 Sep 2008 21:25:07 +0200
To: "Arvids Godjuks" <arvids.godjuks@gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: [PHP-DEV] php7- dropping the $ from the variable name - rfc
From: troelskn@gmail.com ("troels knak-nielsen")

On Thu, Sep 18, 2008 at 9:09 PM, Arvids Godjuks
<arvids.godjuks@gmail.com> wrote:
> Well, you can do that right now, PHP supports that for ages.
>
> <?php
> $myVar = 'print';
> $myVar('Hello!'); // Outputs hello
> ?>

Partly because I can't resist being smug, partly because it might
confuse someone, I have to point out that that example won't work,
because pint isn't a function. It would work with most everything else
though.

--
troels